Study: Evidence of Long Covid in urine samples

Around ten percent of people who have had corona disease later suffer from Long Covid symptoms, as Innsbruck scientists write in their study. Because routine tests are not meaningful for Long Covid patients, according to the experts, they are easily examined Biomarkers are urgently needed – on the one hand, to be able to research the causes of the disease, but on the other hand, to find ways to individually treat those affected.

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Those responsible for the study now discovered a difference in urine samples. The concentration of certain amino acids was significantly lower in sick people than in healthy people. “It is important that this is a pilot study,” emphasizes Günter Weiss, director of the Innsbruck University Hospital, when asked by OÖNachrichten.

Signal for further research

Among other things, the samples from 25 people with Long Covid were compared with those from eight healthy controls. “The results show that central biochemical metabolic pathways may be disturbed in some patients,” said Weiss, but qualified the significance: “We have initially only carried out these analyzes as part of a study and cannot offer them routinely for the time being.”

According to Weiss, this initial work is nevertheless a signal to plan further studies in this direction in order to better understand the spectrum of the disease in the medium term and, if necessary, to provide targeted help to those affected.

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